#GoodMorning#BalticSea! Probably my last ride on this trip! Ventured inland in search of interesting roads, but found none… Just poor quality asphalt and bad drivers!😁 It was way colder today, but what do I care…🥰
I used to love #bicycle touring, but after years of doing routes most riding wouldn't even consider, having various kinds of "type 2 fun" times, and then COVID hit, I just can't get myself to do it. That even applies to supported tours like #BikeSTP! Being a "sitting duck" in a sea of drivers of all personalities scares the everliving shit out of me. :blobfoxscared:
During the pandemic and motivated by the psychological pressures of quarantine, I learned how to ride a #motorcycle, and went through various scooters and larger bikes to get to where I am now. I spent so much time riding street (really rural highways to or through natural landmarks) that I got bored of that, too, so I bought a dual-sport so I could, well, honestly ride gravel roads to places farther off that allow OHV and/or larger use. That dual-sport was a CRF450RL and was sprung custom for a much heavier guy than me, which made it super tall for me. :blobfoxsweating: As you can guess, I traded it in for a #Tenere 700, which I will be riding this weekend on a rural gravel highway that I've ridden before on a much heavier street bike. :blobfoxhappy:
#GoodMorning#BalticSea! I’ve got nowhere particularly interesting to go, so I’ve decided to speed along the seaside through #Dziwnow and #Miedzywodzie to #Kolczewo… Forecast has been unfavourable, but I’ve avoided rain!🥰 Once again felled from the #bicycle at low speed…🤦🏻♂️😁
An entire day we’ve spent on the #beach! What a pleasure, despite overall poor weekly forecast… Favourable water to air temperature ratio made the #BalticSea not so bad…😂 Dear Franiu crashed just at at the end…😅😩
#GoodMorning#Baltic#Sea! A little bit of #morning#gravel is always good. Let’s hope the weather will be better than the last rainy visit…🥰🤷🏻♂️ To bad the route is not directly by the sea, hotels everywhere…😒
#GoodMorning#Gravel! What can you do after #cycling until 1am? Get up at 5:30am and trash your legs even more!😂 I’m surprised with the power I’ve put out after 4h of sleep and no food…🙈
#Night#cycling adventure around the chimney. Decided yet again to start my ride at 11pm, but damn… I’m tired now…😂 I still intend to get up at 5am in the morning, because my plans seem to be fucked…🤷🏻♂️
#GoodMorning#Gravel! Lost nearly 2kg of body weight in yesterday’s heat, so it was time to double down and push towards the rising sun…😂🥰 Had a stressful day yesterday. #Cycling helps!🥰
#GoodMorning#Poznan#Gravel! A nice hot morning, but decided to ditch the forests because of the yesterday’s torrential rain. I didn’t feel like mud today and my drivetrain already looks like dipped in shit…😂
#GoodMorning! Had to drop the car to the garage just outside #Poznan to install towing bar. No other means to get back home but #gravel#cycling along #Warta#river. Damn, those bridges are getting more and more sketchy…😂🫣
#GoodMorning#Bicycle! Went back to the #forest to find the tree I’ve heard falling yesterday. Found nothing on my route, luckily. Warm and humid ride, you can sweat without moving…😅🥰
#Rain… Rain never changes…😂 it has been a wet #night. I went through the #forests of #Cybina hoping it will be better but it was all mud. Hearing a large tree fall behind me, right where I’ve been just a moment ago made it extra dodgy…😂
#GoodMorning#Gravel! It’s gonna be hot today. By the time I’ve finished my ride it was already around 30°C and it was quite early. I guess we can expect a #summer storm this evening…😂🤷🏻♂️
Taking advantage of the nice weather as much as I can! Don’t mind starting my rides in the middle of the #night, as long I’m getting more kilometres!🥰😂
#GoodMorning#Gravel! What a glorious morning in the #forests of #Cybina valley! Can’t believe how beautiful this place still is for me after so many years.😍
Some sketchy one-handers have been pulled off. I might have to be more careful…🤡😂